Five Things Friday

1. In T- 6 days we are going to start a self inflicted challenge, BUT we would like for YOU to join us! In many parts of the country, our’s included, it might as well already be summer…but there is still time to get some toning of the bod in before summer is over. With that said we are doing a push up and plank challenge! The idea is to print out the blank calendar below and keep a record of how many push ups you do and how long you plank each day! It is as simple as that! You can do it however many days you want, BUT…yes there is a but – if you want to win the prize from our Tone It Up Challenge you are going to have to beat your competition! When June is over you will send us via email, a twitpic, etc. your filled in calendar and who ever planked and pushed up on the most amount of days will win!

You might be thinking, well, Teal & Beth, what if some of us tie???? Good question! We have an answer! We then take it to who did the most push ups and the longest amount of planks. For example, if Challenger A did 1,000 push ups and planked for a total of 45 minutes, whereas, Challenger B only did 800 pushups and 41 minutes of planks then challenger A is the WINNER!

So click the link below and print out the calendar…..and June 1st get to work on push ups and planks! Let’s Tone It Up!

Now you might be thinking, Teal. Beth. What do I WIN??? Another good question we only have a partial answer to that one! Oops?? We are thinking a gift card…a $50 gift card to the winner! We haven’t fully decided where this gift card will come from but we are thinking a running store, running company so you can reward yourself with some new stuff! So join us June 1st for the Tone It Up Challenge! You know you want to! 🙂

2. We joined Instagram, why not? All the cool kids are doing it. We have been on individually for a while and just decided yesterday that Life is a Run needs one too! Come find us!

3. Tour des Fleurs registration opened Thursday! We love this race for many reasons but perhaps the best is that it really was the kick off to our first ½ marathon training together. Beth ran before as you know, BUT we love it and are excited to run again. Come join us!! Oh, and an added bonus this year is your race registration gets you free into the Chihuly exhibit currently at the Dallas Arboretum! It looks cool!

4. We found out that the Dallas White Rock Marathon has officially changed its name to the Dallas Marathon! Check out this press release. We also then realized that this meant we ran the LAST official White Rock Marathon ever. Hey at least it went out with a bang… or crazy ridiculous cold rain. Check out the mary story if you are confused 😉 Plus registration for that opens June 1st too. You will see us out there for sure but just for the ½ this time because…

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I have so much to say to this! 1. I’m definitely down for the challenge. Maybe it will provide me with my missing motivation. My push up abilities are pretty laughable, but my goal will be to improve. 2. Congrats on signing up for another full! In my experience, the second time around is way different from the first. 3. The DWRM name change seems to have upset some people. I have no real opinion about the name, but I am excited for the new course.*

Yay!! Glad you are going to participate in the challenge!! 🙂 We are SO excited to be registered for mary 2!! Hopefully it’s not rainy! We see the sad part of WRM changing, but see how long term it could really be beneficial!

I did the Louisiana Half this past January and LOVED it. Currently considering signing up for the Marathon. Waffling over that. Excited that y’all signed up for it! And I love y’alls challenge for the month of June!

Thanks, Steena! We are really excited about this one and branching out of Texas for it! And we pretty much decided we were going to do it a few months ago had just been procrastinating on the registering aspect! Excited for you and your 70.3 coming up! A lot of our frunners in Dallas all seem to be going that way. Biking, you know on bikes that move, is just not for us! HA

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